25th Annual PEI Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival
July 2, 3, & 4, 2010
at the Rollo Bay Festival Grounds near Souris , King's County , PEI
Here is a You Tube video of the 2010 festival
A picture of the festival in 2010
A picture of the festival in 2010
An aerial photo of the festival in 2003
A panoramic photo of the festival in 2003
The main stage in 2007
The main stage 2007
Festival Admittance
Weekend at gate ............. $45
............Seniors(65+) ... $40
Camping charges for Fri.,Sat.&Sun. are included)
Weekend advanced ................................. $40 (Till June 15)
Thursday Night Open Mike ..................... $ 5(free to weekend pass holders)
Friday ...................................................... $18
Saturday .................................................. $22
Sunday .................................................... $16
Overnight Sat. & Sun. .............................. $35
Under 14 admitted Free (with parental supervision
Early Bird Camping ......... $5/day/unit (Wed.,Thur.)
Serviced Sites ................. $7/day/unit (first come, first served)
Dumping Station Fee ....... $ 5.00/dump
To receive your advance tickets, please mail cheque payable to:
PEIBOTMS
Send cheque along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
PEI Bluegrass & Old Time Music Society
Box 2812
Charlottetown PE
C1A 8C4
Gate Opens ........................ June 30th Wednesday at 1pm
Regular Main Stage Program begins ........9am Friday July 2nd
Day Parking ....................included in cost of Day Pass Friday Morning Showcase , Opening & Closing Ceremonies , Instrument & Vocal Workshops, Children's Program, Security , First Aid, Canteen Service and Concessions , Guitar Draw , Quiet Area, 24hour Picking Areas, Stage Area Sun & Rain Shelter , Fixed Seating, Flush Toilets & Hot Showers, Dumping Station.
How to find the site
The Rollo Bay Festival Grounds are located on Route # 2, near Souris, Kings County, PEI.
Routes will be marked with signs:
Coming from New Brunswick - Cross the Confederation Bridge to Borden, PEI. Stay on Route # 1 to Charlottetown (56 km) - Then take Route # 2 to Rollo Bay (76 km)
Coming from Caribou, Nova Scotia - Take the ferry to Wood Island, PEI (22 km) - Then take Route # 315 to Montague (25 km) Then take Route # 4 to Dingwells Mills (15 km) - Then take Route # 2 to Rollo Bay (8 km)
Also featuring a stellar lineup of local and regional bands, with many bands to be announced later. Don't forget to inquire about our band showcase.
We will also have a full lineup of acoustic instrument workshops, open mic on Wed June 30th & Thur July 1st, and lots of concessions and fun for the whole family.
We reserve the right to change the program without prior notice. Gates open Wednesday June 30th at 1:00PM
For advanced tickets or information call: Glenda Johnston (902)569-4501, Charlie Hansen (902)566-3011, or Shirley Jay (902)566-2641
The 25th Annual PEI Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival will be held July 2, 3 and 4, 2010 at the Festival Grounds in Rollo Bay. With many US, Eastern Canadian and Island bands putting out over 30 hours of great music on our main stage, The Buzz Music Workshops where artists share their skills with budding musicians, Bluegrass songwriter's circle, the ever popular Open Mic on Wednesday and Thursday night preceding the main stage events, new talent showcases, children's program, and more concessions this year's event promises to be the biggest and brightest Festival yet.
Over 500 recreational vehicles are expected to attend from all over Eastern Canada and the US to hear great bands and enjoy our genuine island hospitality.
This year's main stage event will feature special guests Ralph Stanley II from Virginia, Tennessee's Barry Scott & Second Wind, and one of the finest up and coming bands in bluegrass music, Brand New Strings.
A native Virginian from Coburn, Ralph II is the son of Ralph and Jimmi Stanley. Ralph II is an accomplished songwriter, having penned many of the songs that are included on his albums. In August 2000, Ralph II was married to Kristi Ison of Pikeville, Kentucky. The couple currently resides in Coburn, Virginia with their daughter Taylor Brooke and son Ralph Edmond Stanley III. As one might expect for the son of a renowned banjo player, the first instrument Ralph II ever held was a banjo. At the ripe old age of three, Ralph, (or simply Two as he is called by his fellow bandmates in the Clinch Mountain Boys), had his first lesson from the elder Stanley, learning a simple finger roll. It turned out, however, that he would not be following in his father's footsteps when it came to choice of instrument. He soon fell under the spell of the undisputed king of boyhood musical desires, the guitar. He spotted one under his sister's bed, and, according to Ralph, "I wanted to play that. When I was five years old, I started with the guitar, and I've been with the guitar ever since." But despite his interest in the guitar, and the fact that he was occasionally travelling with the Clinch Mountain Boys on the road, he had not yet developed an ambition to play professionally. It took until age 12, and an old 1970's video of the late Keith Whitley during his tenure as lead singer for the Clinch Mountain Boys, to inspire him to become a professional musician. After seeing Whitley he was hooked and spent hours in the basement honing his skills, and weathering the comparisons to his late Uncle Carter. His persistence paid off, and he took the stage as lead singer with Ralph Sr. and the Clinch Mountain Boys in June of 1995. Since then, he has earned the respect of Stanley fans everywhere, and has garnered praise as a strong new artist in his own right.
Barry Scott was born in 1967 in Ellijay, Georgia. Barry grew up in a very musical family. His dad played in several local country bands that opened for Grand Ole Opry stars Porter Wagoner and Buck Owens. He started singing gospel music when he and Barry's mother, Audrey, met. When Barry's sister Brenda was old enough, she played piano, Dad guitar and Dad's sister Catherine Crump sang harmony with them forming the Scott Family band. Barry started making the transition from traditional Southern Gospel to Bluegrass when he joined fellow Gilmer County native, Barry Abernathy in the gospel Bluegrass band he founded, Silvercreek. Barry Abernathy, James Jones and Barry sang together about three years, until Barry Abernathy left to join IIlyrd Tyme Out. After Silvercreek disbanded, Barry rejoined The Perry's to sing lead and play bass.
Barry was with The Perry's about three and half years. In the meantime, Barry Abernathy had joined Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. In November 1996, Barry joined Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver to sing lead and play guitar. After nine years with the band, he felt the Lord was leading me in a new direction in my musical career. On December 31, 2005 I left DL&Q. Barry now have his own band, Barry Scott and Second Wind.
Some of East Tennessee’s favorite bluegrass musicians came together to form BRAND NEW STRINGS just over a year ago, and they have come a long way in a very short amount of time! BRAND NEW STRINGS is comprised of: Randall Massengill, Tim Tipton, Mike Ramsey, Stuart Wyrick and Matt Leadbetter. RURAL RHYTHM RECORDS just released Brand New Strings' new album, "NO STRINGS ATTACHED." The CD was recorded in Cumberland Gap,TN with studio owner and Producer, Steve Gulley. The new single, "Merry Go Round," is already receiving airplay along with other favorite tracks, "Law of the Land," "The First Date," and so many more.
RANDALL MASSENGILL
Randall plays lead guitar and sings lead and harmony vocals for BNS. At the age of 12, his dad taught him his first 3 chords on the guitar, and Randall hasn't looked back since. He attributes his interest in Bluegrass music to groups such as Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Boone Creek, Lonesome River Band & The Seldom Scene.
Randall was a member of both One Way Track and New Road , two very talented groups based out of East Tennessee . He does some writing himself, and many of his great gospel songs can be found on the New Road recordings. Randall currently makes his home in Knoxville, TN.
MIKE RAMSEY
Mike Ramsey play mandolin and sings lead and harmony vocals with BNS. He toured more than 14 years with the gospel bluegrass band, New Road, along with fellow band-mate Stuart Wyrick. Mike has live his life in the mountains of East TN. He has his wife Jodee live on the family farm, most of which has never been owned by anyone outside of the Ramsey family. When Mike is not touring with BNS, he makes a living doing electric line work for the local electric Co-Op. Mike says, "I love the Lord and His word, you can’t separate them, I also dearly love my good mule John, and my beautiful wife, Jodee, maybe my wife should have been before my mule ,and I love music; gospel, old time and yes, bluegrass."
TIM TIPTON
Tim plays the acoustic bass for BNS. He credits his Grandfather as being his earliest musical influence as he was the first person to introduce Tim to the wonderful sounds of Bluegrass music. Tim was a founding and key member of the band Blue Moon Rising and performed with tha group many years.
Tim is heavily influenced by the music of Bill Monroe, Lou Reid, New Grass Revival, Ricky Skaggs, and Del McCoury.
In his spare time, he loves the sport of coon hunting. He currently makes his home in Madisonville , Tennessee with his wife Penny and two daughters.
STUART WYRICK
Stuart has been playing Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel music since the age of 8 and has since performed at major Bluegrass Festivals and Gospel Concerts throughout his musical career. He performed with the Better Way Quartet for 10 years, then toured with the respected New Road band from 2005 to early 2008. He his now focused on his career with Brand New Strings and looks forward to what this year will hold.
His musical influences have been his Dad (Theodore Wyrick), Earl Scruggs, J.D. Crowe, Sonny Osborne, Jimmy Millsapps, and many more. Stuart enjoys going to Church and raising Registered Black Angus Cattle.
MATT LEADBETTER
Resophonic guitarist, Matt Leadbetter, is one of the top musicians on the circuit today. He began playing music at the age of 8 and a self taught player. He learned much of his playing from long hours of listening and studying other resonator guitarist and lap steel players—both on record and in person. Traveling the road with his father Phil Leadbetter, Matt had the opportunity to be around some of the top musicians in the world. He made many friends while hanging backstage at many of these events and was also able to take advantage of many offers from groups who asked him to join them on stage. Since early 2004,Matt has been traveling all over the world. He landed his first gig when he became a member of the band Blue Moon Rising on resonator guitar and harmony vocals. Later that year, he joined Bell Buckle Recording artist Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike. In spring 2006, Matt started been touring with award winning Lonesome River Band, where he spent close to two years traveling around the country. You can hear a lot of Matt's resonator guitar work on the CD "The Road With No End," which was on the charts for several months for the CD and the song "Lonesome Won't Get the Best of Me."
Matt started off the year where in 2008 he joined multiple Grammy award winning Marty Raybon and Full Circle. Here Matt expanded his reso playing in both bluegrass and country circuits. Matt is featured on the upcoming CD "This, That and the Other."
As 2009 comes around, Matt joins Brand News Strings, will continue his session work and perform many resonator workshops to promote his Matt Leadbetter's Signature Series resos. Be sure to keep up with his schedule to catch his resophonic guitar and lap steel work at www.mattleadbetter.com
A stellar lineup of Eastern Canadian Bluegrass artists is also featured this year including The Spinney Brothers ( http://www.spinneybrothers.com/ ) from Nova Scotia, a very popular and talented band versed in traditional and contemporary Bluegrass and gospel music as well as the ever popular Bluegrass Diamonds (www.bluegrassdiamonds.com) and PEI's own ECMA and Music PEI award winners, The Grass Mountain Hobos ( http://grassmountainhobos.com/ )
Our festival this year will put its coordinated workshops front and center. Beginning on Saturday morning at 9:45am, The Buzz Workshops will be held in the shelter featuring up-close and personal discussions, tips and learning opportunities on all Bluegrass music instruments and vocals. Peter Richards of The Buzz is a proud sponsor of this enhanced event. Our pre-festival shows at the shelter this year will include the ever popular Open Mic on Wednesday and Thursday night at 7:30pm featuring a chance for the campers to strut their stuff. Admittance is free with weekend passes or $5 at the door.
Advance weekend passes are available until June 15th at $40 per person and available by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to: PEI Bluegrass & Old Time Music Society, Box 2812, Charlottetown PE, C1A 8C4 or if in the Souris area contact Angela MacCormac at 902 687-3285. Weekend passes at gate $45, Seniors(65+) $40, Camping charges for Fri.,Sat.& Sun. are included), Day passes are Friday $18, Saturday $22, Sunday $16, Sat. & Sun. Overnight $35, Under 14 admitted Free (with parental supervision), Early Bird Camping $5/day/unit (Wed.,Thur.) Serviced Sites $7/day/unit (first come, first served), Dumping Station On Site $ 5/dump.
We wish to acknowledge our major corporate sponsors including Tourism PEI, and The Buzz sponsoring our Workshops. Come and join us, we have plenty of great music, fun and genuine Island hospitality for everyone and help make one of Eastern Canada's biggest and brightest Festivals even brighter.
2010 Schedule
Friday - Program
09:00 - 09:05 Showcase Intro
09:05 - 09:35 Sugarloaf Mountain Band
09:35 - 10:05 Crowdis Bridge
10:05 - 10:35 Silver Fox
10:35 - 11:05 Timeless Highway
11:05 - 11:35 The Wynnes
11:40 - 12:10 Simply Blue Set 1
12:10 - 01:00 Dinner
01:00 - 01:15 Opening Ceremonies
01:20 -01:50 Eastern Edition Set 1
01:55 - 02:25 SK Bluegrass Set 1
02:30 - 03:00 Dunromin’ 4 Set 1
03:05 - 03:35 Bluefield Grass Set 1
03:40 - 04:10 Country Grass Band Set 1
04:15 - 04:45 Wayne Brown & Friends Set 1
04:50 - 05:30 The Grass Mountain Hobos Set 1
05:30 - 06:15 Supper
06:15 - 06:45 Joe Casey & High Tenor Set 1
06:50 - 07:30 Janet McGarry & Wildwood Set 1
07:35 - 08:15 New Ground Set 1
08:20 - 09:00 The Bluegrass Diamonds Set 1
09:05 - 09:45 Barry Scott & Second Wind Set 1
09:50 - Brand New Strings Set 1
Jam
Saturday Program;
09:10 - 09:40 SK Bluegrass Set 2
09:45 - 10:15 Wayne Brown & Friends Set 2
10:20 - 10:50 Joe Casey & High Tenor Set 2
10:55 - 11:25 The Spinney Brothers Set 1
11:30 - 12:15 Songwriter’s Circle
12:20 - 12:50 Country Grass Band Set 2
12:55 - 01:25 Norman Bowser & John Jeffreys Set 1
01:30 - 02:00 Bluegrass Revival Set 1
02:05 - 02:35 Simply Blue Set 2
02:40 - 03:10 Janet McGarry & Wildwood Set 2
03:15 - 03:30 The Children of Rollo Bay
03:35- 04:05 Brand New Strings Set 2
04:10 - 04:50 Barry Scott & Second Wind Set 2
04:50 - 05:30 Supper
05:30 - 06:00 The Grass Mountain Hobos Set 2
06:05 - 06:35 New Ground Set 2
06:40 - 07:15 The Bluegrass Diamonds Set 2
07:20 - 07:55 The Spinney Brothers Set 2
08:00 - 08:05 Draws & Awards
08:10 - 08:50 Barry Scott & Second Wind Set 3
08:55 - 09:35 Brand New Strings Set 3
09:40 - Ralph Stanley II Set 1
Jam
Sunday Program
09:00 - 09:35 Church Service - Bluegrass Revival Set 2
09:40 - 10:15 Janet McGarry & Wildwood Set 3
10:20 - 10:55 Dunromin 4 Set 2
11:00 - 11:35 The Spinney Brothers Set 3
11:40 - 12:20 Ralph Stanley II Set 2
12:25 - 12:55 Showcase Winner
01:00 - 01:30 Eastern Edition
01:35 - 02:05 Bluefield Grass Set 2
02:10 - 02:40 Joe Casey & High Tenor Set 3
02:45 - 03:15 New Ground Set 3
03:20 - 03:55 Ralph Stanley II Set 3
04:00 - 04:30 Bluegrass Diamonds Set 3
4:30 Closing. Thanks see you in 2011
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